Long Vacation 6 Long Vacation
Part Six
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The sky is tarnished with the sensitivity
Have we failed to measure up ability
Searching the closet for the left behind,
Prerequisite yet this is so hard to find...

~Here We Are Again~ (CAGNET)
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Yamato Ishida walked out of the apartement building he sighed to himself. Just when he thought that life was just about perfect, everything falls apart on you. Maybe love wasn't what he needed right now.. Maybe this was just a sign for him to focus on something else. Like his dream of becoming a famous pianist. He hasn't thought about that in a while. All of the sudden, he noticed a white corolla parked just 10 metres away from him. A woman had the side had her head up and was smoking a cigarette, staring at the moonlight.
"I told you not to wait for me," he said coldly.
"Well now, aren't you glad that I did?!" she smiled as she flicked her cigarette away.
"No! I feel like walking home alone!" with that he walked past the car.
Mimi sighed and started the car. She began to slowly follow him with the car.
"Yamato you're being stupid!" she said.
"What?! Me?! What's so stupid about wanting to walk home alone?!"
"Yamato..." she said with a sigh. "Hey! I waited for you buddy!"
"Why?!! Why do you have to wait for me?!!"
Mimi hit the brakes and Yamato stopped walking.
"Well at least drive me home!" she said getting out of the car.
Yamato sighed and looked back to her. A moment of silence passed them by. Then Yamato gave in as he got in the driver's seat.

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(The next morning)

Yamato Ishida flipped through the mail that fell down the slot. He flipped through them quickly.
"Junk, junk, bills, junk,......" his hand stopped at a certain envelope. ~INVITATION~ it read.
He opened the card quickly and gasped at the sight of his former roomate with another woman. ~You are invited to the wedding reception of Michael and Ayumi~.. He couldn't believe it. Just then, a hand slapped his back and he turned around to see a familiar grin.
"Morning Yamato!!" she said as he quickly hid the letter behind his back. "Hey.. What's that?..."
"N-Nothing!" he stuttered as he crumpled the paper. "J-Just junk!"
"Yamato..." she said as she tried to take the crumpled piece of paper from his hand. "Give..it!"
"N-No!" he said as they wrestled for it. They kept wrestling for about a couple of seconds until Mimi saw a small glimpse of the crumpled picture.
"M-Michael!! It's Micheal!! Yamato!! Give it to me!!" she said she pulled the card from his hand causing a part of it to rip. She went down on her knees and held the picture close to her chest.
"It's Michael...." she said half chuckling with tears that started to stream down her face. "He's getting married... With a woman.. named Ayumi..."
She couldn't hold it back anymore. She started to sob on her knees, as she tried to fight the tears away. That's when she noticed the ripped piece. It was the head of the girl. She wiped away her tears quickly and turned to Yamato. He noticed and crumpled the other piece and put it in his mouth.
"Yamato!!" she said as she ran up to him, struggling to open his mouth. "Open up!! Give it..To me!"
Then, Yamato did the next best thing he could do. He swallowed it and then opened his mouth.
"Ya..mato..." she said as her tears started to come back. He quickly brought her in his arms and they stood like there for a minute or two. Then, she looked up at him with her bloodshot eyes.
"Yamato.." she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you..."
When they parted, Yamato took a pill beside him and started to swallow it down with water.
"What are you doing?" Mimi said looking at him.
"In all my life," he said. "That's the first time I've ever swallowed paper..."

Mimi layed on the couch with her her eyes. Yamato layed down on the arm chair as they were again at their attempt to make all the pain go away by drinking.
"Yamato," she said sipping on her wine. "Life isn't fair is it?"
"No... It isn't..."
"I'm 28," she stiffled a laugh. "Unemployed or applied for them but never made through the first interview for 27 times in a row, and I don't even act my age, left by my fiance as he eloped with another woman..."
"I'm 29, never suceeded in becoming a pianist, low paying job, never actually had anyone to love because somehow my cold attitude scares them away."
"Guess we're both miserable..." Mimi sighed.
"I'm not..."
"Then I am..."
A moment of silence, then Yamato spoke up.
"At a time when everything doesn't go the way you plan or when it seems like the end of the world... Don't worry, Be happy! Don't rush into anything. Take time to relax and think. Just think of it as a Long Vacation from heaven.."
"Long Vacation...." Mimi mouthed as a sad smile formed on her face.
A moment of silence wrapped around them again...
"I like that.." she said half-heartedly chuckling. "Yamato, you're always right.."
Yamato made his way over to the piano and started to play the same song.. The same song she loved.. The same song that always made her feel better.

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(The next night in Ryuichi's night club)

Yamato and Mimi sat on a round table. All of the sudden Miyako walked in the club dragging Mari behind her.
"Come on!" Miyako said as she brought her up to the table where Yamato and Mimi were.
"Yamato-senpai, Mimi-senpai," Mari nodded respectfully at them.
"Ah Mari," Mimi greeted "Come have a seat!!"
"Uh..." she hesitated a bit.
"Come on," Yamato smiled at her. "Have a seat.."
Mari smiled after hearing Yamato and sat down with them. Just then Ryuichi walked up to them with a tray of drinks in hand.
"Ok, tequila for you and-" he stopped when he saw Mari. "Mari.."
"Mari!" Miyako said in a singing voice. "He's here... Don't you wanna tell him something?"
"Tell me what?" Ryuichi asked.
"Uh..." Mari said uncomfortably.
"Miyako!" Mimi said in a harsh whisper.
"What?" Miyako said innocently. "Mari's in love with Ryuichi and I think she should tell him!"
"Miyako that's enough!!" Mimi said harshly looking back to see the expression on Yamato's, Ryuichi's and Mari's face.
"What?!" Miyako said loudly holding her head. "If you're in love with somebody aren't you supposed to tell them?! Aah!! My head hurts just thinking about stuff like these!"
"You're.... In love with me?" Ryuichi asked unbelievably.
Mari looked at him uncomfortably and ran out the doors.
Yamato then took Ryuichi's hand and ran out the doors with him. Mimi also followed not far behind.

"Mari!" Yamato yelled. She stopped in her tracks. Yamato caught up with her still dragging Ryuichi with him.
"Let go of me!" Ryuichi said as he shook his hand off. Then he and Mari caught each other's gaze.
Yamato took Mari's hand and Ryuichi's hand put them together until they were holding hands.
"Don't deny the truth.." Yamato said. And with that, he nodded with a smile at them both and walked away.

As soon as Yamato was out of sight, Ryuichi took Mari's other hand, and hugged her.
"Ryuichi..."
"He has a point... I'm in love with you..." Ryuichi said.

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"Yamato wait!" Mimi said catching up to him. He noticed her and started to walk even faster. "Yamato! I said wait!!" This contiinued until he was practically running.
When, they passed the bridge, Yamato stopped and rested his arms on the railings.
"Why do you keep on following me?!" Yamato said harsly.
"Well, I just wanted to say..." Mimi said with a smile also resting her arms on the railing. "Yamato.. You're a really nice person. I think you're probably the nicest person I've ever met in my entire life."
He laughed a little. "Why is it.... When you compliment me.... I don't really feel like I'm being complimented.."
They both chuckled a while but then silence enveloped them. They were just watching the scenery of the night and the moonlight.
"Let's kiss.." he said suddenly.
"Okay.." she replied casually shrugging her shoulders. She turned her face to him and closed her eys, but he didn't. Instead, he quickly turned his head closed his eyes and pecked her on the lips.
Even though it was just for a short period of time. Less than a second... She couldn't help but feel just a little satisfied.

To be continued...
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A.N.
Bwaahahahaha!!!!!! Cliffhanger!!!!